2014 Free Agency Rumors and or Speculation

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Adam Schefter @AdamSchefter 4mgonna knock him out of the game
Arziona Cardinals gave former Vikings TE John Carlson a two-year deal.

good, i didn't like that report about us being interested

if he's had 3 concussions, it may as well be 20, any little hit to the head area is

[Guiness]

is that because you think all nfl teams make money?

i don't know about this last season, but before that the lions had had 4 straight seasons of losing money, 6 of the last 7 seasons

http://espn.go.com/blog/nfcnorth/post/_/id/59397/forbes-lions-continue-losing-money

you gotta wonder how a team like the jags are profitable when they can't sell out their stadium, they may be close to the break even point (even with shared money) and 7 million could put them in the red (or black, whichever one is the bad one)

lol leave it to those morons to manage to run an NFL franchise at a loss. One helluva neat trick. And yes, I'm sure all NFL teams make money, unless they're trying like hell not for some financial reason. The NFL ownership rules mostly stop the owners from moving money around for favorable tax reasons, but I'm sure it still goes on.

But as TFA even pointed out, it's just a guess since the books are private. The projected loss, $3.5M, was relatively small compared to the gross, and the payroll costs mentioned in TFA are not annual things.

I suspect an NFL team could come pretty close to playing in an empty stadium and break even just by collecting the shared revenues...

[Fritz]

Well, I am not even going to try to parse this.

Sam shields @ShieldSam37 1h
I feel a big blessing coming

I think he just meant that he's masturbating.

[denverYooper]

Ian Rapoport @RapSheet 33m

The #Saints are cutting RB Darren Sproles, per source.

[PaCkFan_n_MD]

Was watching NFL network earlier and they reported Finley has been cleared medically for everything expect full contact and that 3 or 4 teams including the Seahawks are interested in him.

[Joemailman]

Saints release Lance Moore. http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap200...orleans-saints

They apparently decided that Moore is less.

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That Finley report sounds a day or two ahead.

PFT reported this week his Doc and Neurologist were out of the country, returning today. Goal was to be examined and cleared to train by Tuesday, next week. Saturday is the start of legal tampering (i.e. contact with other teams). But signatures on contracts can't happen until next Tuesday.

Team Docs still need to make the call on him actually playing in a game though.

[Carolina_Packer]

I think he just meant that he's masturbating.

Yeah, he's too young to be concerned about the bowel movement type of blessing, so your guess might be spot on.

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Alex Marvez @alexmarvez 3h
Confirming @JasonLaCanfora report: Source tells @FOXSports1 that Matt Cassel deal is for 2-year, $10 million with @Vikings

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Alex Marvez @alexmarvez 3h
Confirming @JasonLaCanfora report: Source tells @FOXSports1 that Matt Cassel deal is for 2-year, $10 million with @Vikings

anyone else think it's a little bizarre the way that turned out? He opts out of a contract with the team then resigns with them? Granted, for more money, but I thought he wanted out.

[Bretsky]

Jared Allen had a nice interview last week and noted his focus was going to a winner with a very established GM, QB. Noted his focus is not money but trying to win it all

Denver, Seatttle, New England, San Fran, and Green Bay came to mind

[3irty1]

Did he name those teams or did you? I'd be surprised if he'd have much interest in becoming an OLB at this point in his career. NE seems like a perfect landing spot.

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Alex Marvez @alexmarvez 3h
Confirming @JasonLaCanfora report: Source tells @FOXSports1 that Matt Cassel deal is for 2-year, $10 million with @Vikings

lets hope the vikings in all their wisdom resign ponder for about 15 or 16 per year too

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anyone else think it's a little bizarre the way that turned out? He opts out of a contract with the team then resigns with them? Granted, for more money, but I thought he wanted out.

There are a lot of Patriot connections to Cassell, O'Brien and Penn State so Matt must have bought into Norv and Zim. Plus, the odds of the Vikings taking a QB high are probably lower than the Texans grabbing one. Less competition.

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That Finley report sounds a day or two ahead.

PFT reported this week his Doc and Neurologist were out of the country, returning today. Goal was to be examined and cleared to train by Tuesday, next week. Saturday is the start of legal tampering (i.e. contact with other teams). But signatures on contracts can't happen until next Tuesday.

Team Docs still need to make the call on him actually playing in a game though.

i just don't buy it. everyone else that has had that operation has been out for at least close to a full year, even the ones that had the "less risky" c4-c5 and c5- c6, fusions were out for around 10 or 11 months

so finley is now cleared in, what, 3 or 4 months? i don't buy it